Please help with splitting my Sunderland - Lancaster train fare?

Trussmaster

Hi - please could someone help this first time "splitter"?!

I am looking to travel from Sunderland to Lancaster on 11th November 2009 setting off from 6am onwards (as early as poss) and return on the 16th November (to arrive back in Sunderland mid afternoon.

I have tried to work out a split at Leeds - but this would cost more than the quote of £42.50 for a normal return, so I looked at splitting at Carlisle and this cut the price down to £33.60. Is this the best price I can get?

I also have another question - If I decide to buy the tickets on the train how much more will the tickets cost and is there a website where I can check the 'walk on' prices?

any help would be greatly appreciated as I don't use trains all that often but always like to find new ways of being super shrewd with my wonga!!!

Thanks!

KeithP

I've replied to your other post.

Quentin

Trussmaster wrote: »

I also have another question - If I decide to buy the tickets on the train how much more will the tickets cost and is there a website where I can check the 'walk on' prices?

Only buy tickets on the train when there is no ticket office open where you board the train. Different train operators view getting on without a ticket differently (some impose penalty fares), and it is never cheaper to buy on the train when you could have bought a ticket at the station.

Any of the usual train ticket websites will show you all the fares available (trainline/nationalrail/etc)

dzug1

Trussmaster wrote: »

I also have another question - If I decide to buy the tickets on the train how much more will the tickets cost and is there a website where I can check the 'walk on' prices?

All the websites will give you walk on prices - anything marked anytime, off-peak or superoffpeak is a walkon fare - same price at the station as online.

On the trains is as others said iffy. In some areas you'd get a penalty fare, in others they would only sell you an anytime ticket, in others there'd be no problem.

Sunderland is no a penalty fare station though. If the ticket office is open when you travel, I'd still buy a ticket